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2. Add MS 8286
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- Add MS 8286
- Title:
- COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, and letters relating to the history of the Roman Church and political affairs in 16th- and 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1554-1695. Italian, Latin, and French. Table of contents (ff. 1-2v). 'D.V.7' and 'LXXVIII' in pencil, and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J770' on f. i: identifiable with Falconieri MS. 78 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 26v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '290' in penci...
- Scope & Content:
- Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828. includes: ff. 11-17 Architecture: Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Pius IV; Pope: Relazione of Pius IV's restoration of the Trevi Fountain: circa 1560-1563: Ital: Copy. ff. 34-37v...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1554-1695
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Add MS 8301
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- Add MS 8301
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papal instructions, relazioni, and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the German Empire, Persia and Turkey; circa 1507-1619. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. XLIX' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '493' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 493 (vol. 49 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick ...
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- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-17v Alexander de' Medici, Cardinal of Florence: Clement VIII; Pope: Henry IV of France: Instructions to Alexander de' Medici from Clement VIII , rel. to France: 1596: Ital: Copy. ff. 18-21 Netherlands, General: Venice: Heads of agr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Add MS 8302
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- Add MS 8302
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, discourses, tracts, and letters mainly relating to the Council of Trent and the wars of religion in France; circa 1560-1570. Italian and Spanish. Copies. The MS. also includes: - (a) relazione (art. 1) of Switzerland, 1560; - (b) relazione (art. 2) of Rome, before 1562; - (c) relazione (art. 15) of France, 1561; - (d) dispatches (art. 17) from France of the papal nuncio Prospero Publicola Santacroce, 1562-1563; - (e) relation (art. 18) of the death of F...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Council of Trent: Letters and tracts rel. to: 1560-1563: Ital: Copies. Philip II of Spain: France General: Pius IV; Pope: Emanuel Philibert; Duke of Savoy: Charles IX of France; Catherine de Medici: Diplomatic letters rel. to: 1560: Span. and Ital...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- c 1560-1570
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Add MS 8365
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- Add MS 8365
- Title:
- Letters relating to the Court of Rome, Spain and France; 1443-1561. Italian and Latin. Copies. Collection of letters written by papal nuncios and envoys concerning peace negotiations conducted by Popes Paul III, Julius III, and Emperor Charles V, and Francis I and Henry II of France. Authors of the letters are Niccolò Ardinghelli, Bishop of Fossombrone, Sebastiano Pighini, Archbishop of Siponto, Prospero Santacroce Pubbicola, Bishop of Chissamos, Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, and Anto...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: ff. 1-19v Paul III; Pope: Francis I of France: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1541: Ital. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 20-47v Henry II of France: Julius III; Pope: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1550-1551: Lat. and Ital.: Copies. ff. 49-114v Philip II of Spain: Char...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1443-1561
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. Add MS 8391
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- Add MS 8391
- Title:
- HISTORICAL PAPERS relating to Rome covering the years 1510-1621; 17th cent. Italian, Latin and Spanish. The MS. contains the biography of Innocent VIII (i.e. Giovanni Battista Cybo); papers relating to the treaty of Liga and the peace between the Emperor Charles V and Francis I King of France, 1536; papers relating to the trial and death of Cardinal Carafa, his brother Count of Aliffe and Don Leonardo Cardene, 1560-1562; papers relating to the Duchy of Ferrara and the treaty between Pope Cle...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Church of Rome: History of Rome (1510-1621): 17th cent: Ital. and Lat. includes: ff. 1-43r Innocent VIII; Pope: Life of Innocent VIII: 17th cent: Ital. ff. 1-43r Matteo Girardi, Patriarch of Aquileia: Life of Innocent VIII: 17th cent: Ital.: Copy...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. Add MS 8397
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- Add MS 8397
- Title:
- COLLECTION of papers relating to the history of Rome from 1378 to 1766, chronologically arranged; 17th - 18th cent. Latin and Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: accounts of the conclaves of antipopes Clement VII (1378; art. 1), Benedict XIII (1394; arts. 3-4), and of popes Boniface IX (1389; art. 2), Innocent VII (1404; art. 5), Gregory XII (1406; art. 6), Martin V (1417; art. 7), Clement VII (1523; art. 8), Paul IV (1555; art. 9), Pius IV (1559; art. 10), Pius V (1566; art. 13), Clement IX ...
- Scope & Content:
- Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/E): bef. 1828. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Collected papers rel. to the history of Rome: 1378-1766: Lat. and Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-16v Clem...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. Add MS 8399
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- Add MS 8399
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- Scope & Content:
- Relazioni of Rome; vol. ii; 1660-1702. Paper; ff. 509, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 211, 420, 445. Composite volume: arts. 4, 5, 6, 8 marked respectively with initials 'U', 'U', 'R', 'J' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-508' (followed here), includi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1660-1702
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. Add MS 8412
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- Add MS 8412
- Title:
- ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO URBAN VIII, ADDING CLEMENT V AND OMITTING PAUL IV, PREFACED BY A PROCEDURAL MANUAL ON THE CONCLAVE AND FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS OF THE CONCLAVE; 1305-1740. Italian and Latin. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown and upper margin of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8391-8396, 8397, 8398, 8399, 8...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 48-53 Clement V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1305: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 54-62v Nicholas V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1447: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 63-68 Calixtus III; Pope: Account ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. Add MS 8413
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- Add MS 8413
- Title:
- ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM NICHOLAS V TO GREGORY XIII, ADDING CLEMENT V AND URBAN VI, AND OMITTING PIUS II, MOST FOLLOWED BY THE LIFE OF THE POPE ELECTED; 1305-1572. Italian. Copies. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown and upper margin of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8391-8396, 8397, 8398, 8399, 8412, 8417, 8418, 8419-8425, 8462, 8487, 8515, 8525, 8660, 8706, 8721, 87...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-10 Clement V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1305: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 11-26v Urban VI; Pope: Account of conclave: 1378: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 27-37v Nicholas V; Pope: Account of c...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item